The National Trust and the Public Catalogue Foundation have collaborated to produce catalogues of all oil paintings in National Trust houses across England, Wales and Northern Ireland.This catalogue includes pictures and captions of around 2,300 oil paintings located in National Trust properties located in central England including Oxfordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Derbyshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, the West Midlands, and Herefordshire.The book brings together the magnificent collections at Upton House, Kedleston Hall, Attingham Park and Hardwick Hall, as well as the Arts and Crafts and Pre-Raphaelite collections in the Trust’s first acquired house at Wightwick Manor, on the outskirts of Wolverhampton.Paintings by Robert Peake, El Greco, Strozzi, Hogarth, Hackert, Watts, Burne-Jones and Ben Nicholson are all included.1 November 2013Size 28.8 x 23.3cmHardbackISBN 978-1-90947-531-1

Oil Paintings in National Trust Properties - Volume II2 stars
Excellent catalogue shame about the service and packaging!Written by Michael ShepherdThis series of catalogues produced by the Public Catalogue Foundation is an excellent national resource and those produced by the NT are of great interest recording those paintings both on display along with those not seen by the public. The feel of the covers is extraordinary: almost rubbery in texture which makes them easy to hold. Unfortunately, the NT Shop doesn't seem to know how to pack items for dispatch and mine were damaged. I recommend the catalogues but also that you try somewhere else when purchasing!8th Nov, 2013